Dovizioso pips Marquez for San Marino MotoGP win

MILAN: Italy’s Andrea Dovizioso won the San Marino MotoGP on Sunday for the Ducati rider’s third success of the season ahead of world championship leader Marc Marquez of Honda.

Britain’s Cal Crutchlow was third on a Honda with pole sitter Jorge Lorenzo of Ducati falling with two laps to go at Misano.

Four-time world champion Marquez of Spain extends his overall world championship lead to 67 points ahead of Dovizioso, who takes second spot from Italian Valentino Rossi, who finished in seventh place. —AFP